NEWARK (KCBS) – Multiple law enforcement agencies conducted a large-scale raid on at least four homes in Newark Thursday morning.

Fremont police said several people were arrested in connection with a robbery or string of robberies in the city. They have not disclosed exactly how many people were taken into custody. SWAT teams were also at the scene in the area of Cherry Street and Central Avenue in Newark.

Two brothers, who did not want to be identified, said authorities stormed their house.

“They lit our backyard on fire. There’s a couch in our backyard and it’s a smoldering mess,” he said. “They knocked down my fence and used flash bangs. They grabbed knives and cut through my couch.”

Their 18-year-old brother was arrested and it’s believed that police were looking for guns.

KCBS’ Holly Quan Reports:

A Milpitas Police Department watch commander said Milpitas PD was the lead agency in the operation. Law enforcement officials would not make any further comments as the investigation was ongoing.

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Born and raised in Oakland, Holly graduated from San Francisco State. She got her start in radio at age 16 by interviewing high school friends for the Oakland based radio news magazine "Youth News.” As a teen reporter In 1984, she covered the...

There not anything to clean your act up about..All of these young man are being release..The police went by hear say and not by getting there fact first..Poeple is fast to judge and dont know what’s going on..So all the tax payer money was just wasted